Maldives hires US Trump-tied lobbying firm
The state-owned Maldivian tourism promotion company hired a top-earning US lobbying firm amid growing international condemnation of a continuing state of emergency.
26 Feb 2018, 9:00 AM
The state-owned Maldivian tourism promotion company has hired a top-earning US lobbying firm amid growing international condemnation of a continuing state of emergency.
MMPRC managing director Haris Mohamed signed the US$50,000 a month, one-year agreement on February 11, days after President Abdulla Yameen declared the state of emergency in response to a Supreme Court order for the release and retrial of political prisoners.
The Yameen administration previously enlisted BTP Advisers in the UK as well as US lobbying firms Akin Gump and the Podesta Group.
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